Barbara Lee and Loren Taylor’s backers have tried to paint the other as a continuation of Thao’s administration.

Under Mayor Libby Schaaf, who took office in 2015, Oakland added more than 500 city employees, a 13% increase it could not ...

President Donald Trump said the mayor of Hamtramck will be his ambassador to Kuwait. Amer Ghalib, 45, endorsed Trump in the 2024 presidential election. President Donald Trump announced Friday ...

Voters in Oakland, California, recalled their mayor in November over crime, homelessness and allegations of corruption. They ...

Oakland voters will go to the polls on April 15th to elect a new mayor. Of nine candidates, two familiar names have risen to the top: Former Congresswoman Barbara Lee and former Oakland City ...

OAKLAND — The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office recently filed charges in a 2024 shooting outside the house of a ...

Two candidates running to be Oakland’s next mayor in April’s special election went head-to-head in a debate about how they would address the city’s most pressing issues. Former U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee ...

Oakland is at a crossroads. With Mayor Sheng Thao facing federal bribery charges and public safety concerns mounting, the city's leadership crisis has reached ...

Former U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee and former Oakland City Councilmember Loren Taylor are vying in the April 15 election to replace former mayor Sheng Thao, who is currently facing federal corruption and ...

In a fiery exchange during Tuesday night’s debate between Oakland’s top mayoral candidates, former councilman Loren Taylor ...

could face a serious challenge from him in the April 15 special election to replace recalled former Mayor Sheng Thao. Lee, a progressive with strong name ID, is polling ahead of Taylor in the race.

In Oakland, the Duong duo are accused of working with an accomplice to bribe ex-Mayor Sheng Thao and her romantic partner, Andre Jones, so that Thao would appoint handpicked officials to key ...